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出埃及記第8章

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1 耶和華吩咐摩西:你進去見法老,對他耶和華這樣:容我的百姓去,好事奉我。

2 你若不肯容他們去,我必使青蛙蹧蹋你的四境。

3 河裡要滋生青蛙;這青蛙要上進你的宮殿和你的臥房,上你的榻,進你臣僕的房屋,上你百姓的身上,進你的爐灶和你的摶麵盆,

4 又要上你和你百姓並你眾臣僕的身上。

5 耶和華曉諭摩西:你對亞倫:把你的杖伸在江、、池以上,使青蛙埃及上來。

6 亞倫便伸杖在埃及的諸水以上,青蛙就上來,遮滿了埃及

7 行法術的也用他們的邪術照樣而行,叫青蛙上了埃及

8 法老召了摩西亞倫來,:請你們求耶和華使這青蛙離開我和我的民,我就容百姓去祭祀耶和華

9 摩西法老:任憑你罷,我要何時為你和你的臣僕並你的百姓祈求,除滅青蛙離開你和你的宮殿只留在河裡呢?

10 :明天。摩西:可以照你的罷,好叫你知道沒有像耶和華─我們的。

11 青蛙要離開你和你的宮殿,並你的臣僕與你的百姓,只留在河裡。

12 於是摩西亞倫離開法老出去。摩西為擾害法老的青蛙呼求耶和華

13 耶和華就照摩西的行。凡在房裡、院中、田間的青蛙死了

14 眾人把青蛙聚攏成堆,遍就都腥

15 法老見災禍鬆緩,就硬著,不肯他們,正如耶和華的。

16 耶和華吩咐摩西:你對亞倫伸出你的杖擊打上的塵土,使塵土在埃及變作虱子(或譯:虼蚤;下同)。

17 他們就這樣行。亞倫伸杖擊打上的塵土,就在人身上和牲畜身上有了虱子;埃及的塵土都變成虱子了。

18 行法術的也用邪術要生出虱子來,卻是不能。於是在人身上和牲畜身上都有了虱子。

19 行法術的就對法老:這是的手段。法老裡剛硬,不肯摩西、亞倫,正如耶和華的。

20 耶和華摩西:你清起來法老來到邊,你站在他面前,對他耶和華這樣:容我的百姓去,好事奉我。

21 你若不容我的百姓去,我要叫成群的蒼蠅到你和你臣僕並你百姓的身上,進你的房屋,並且埃及人房屋和他們所住的地都要滿了成群的蒼蠅

22 當那日,我必分別我百姓所住的歌珊,使那裡沒有成群的蒼蠅,好叫你知道我是下的耶和華

23 我要將我的百姓和你的百姓分別出來。明天必有這神蹟。

24 耶和華就這樣行。蒼蠅成了大群,進入法老的宮殿,和他臣僕的房屋埃及就因這成群的蒼蠅敗壞了。

25 法老召了摩西亞倫來,:你們去,在這祭祀你們的罷!

26 摩西:這樣行本不相宜,因為我們要把埃及人所厭惡的祭祀耶和華我們;若把埃及人所厭惡的在他們眼前獻為祭,他們豈不拿石頭打死我們麼?

27 我們要往曠野去,走的路程,照著耶和華我們所要吩咐我們的祭祀他。

28 法老:我容你們去,在曠野祭祀耶和華─你們的;只是不要走得很遠。求你們為我祈禱。

29 摩西:我要出去求耶和華,使成群的蒼蠅明天離開法老法老的臣僕並法老的百姓;法老卻不可再行詭詐,不容百姓去祭祀耶和華

30 於是摩西離開法老去求耶和華

31 耶和華就照摩西的行,叫成群的蒼蠅離開法老和他的臣僕並他的百姓,個也沒有留下。

32 這一次法老又硬著,不容百姓去。

   

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Arcana Coelestia#7410

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7410. Verses 11-15 And Pharaoh saw that he could breathe again, 1 and he made his heart stubborn, and did not hear 2 them, as Jehovah had spoken. And Jehovah said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your rod and strike the dust of the land, and it will then be lice in all the land of Egypt. And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod and struck the dust of the land, and there were lice on man and on beast. All the dust of the land became lice in the whole land of Egypt. And the magicians did the same with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not; and there were lice on man and on beast. And the magicians said to Pharaoh, The finger of God is this. And Pharaoh's heart was unyielding, and he did not hear' them, as Jehovah had spoken.

'And Pharaoh saw that he could breathe again' means that the weariness ceased. 'And he made his heart stubborn' means obstinacy. 'And did not hear them' means disobedience. 'As Jehovah had spoken' means as accorded with what had been foretold. 'And Jehovah said to Moses' means instruction anew. 'Say to Aaron' means an influx of inward law into outward law. 'Stretch out your rod' means commanding him to demonstrate the Divine power. 'And strike the dust of the land' means that he should remove those things in the natural which are damned. 'And it will then be lice' means that evils will rise up from them. 'In all the land of Egypt' means in the whole natural mind. 'And they did so' means putting it into effect. 'And Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod' means the power of inward truth directed through outward truth. 'And struck the dust of the land' means that the things which were damned were removed. 'And there were lice on man and on beast' means that evils rose up from those things - interior and exterior evils attached to wicked desires. 'All the dust of the land became lice in the whole land of Egypt' means that those evils rose up from the things that were damned. 'And the magicians did the same with their enchantments to bring forth lice' means the endeavour to pervert Divine order and produce something that looked the same in these things also. 'But they could not' means that they acted to no avail. 'And there were lice on man and on beast' means the evils, interior and exterior, that are attached to wicked desires. 'And the magicians said to Pharaoh' means perception and communication of it to those immersed in evils. 'The finger of God is this' means that the power came from the Divine. 'And Pharaoh's heart was unyielding' means obstinacy. 'And he did not hear them' means disobedience. 'As Jehovah had spoken' means as accorded with what had been foretold.

脚注:

1. literally, respiration had come about, i.e. there was a respite from the plagues

2. literally, hear towards

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.